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I'll talk about the good parts. The bad parts...maybe I'll talk about them later, they're still stinging.<br><br><br>
Went to Lake Carmi in Vermont, about 3 miles from the Canadian border. Weather wasn't all that great.<br><br>
Hit up Stowe, Burlington, Jay Peak. Did some hiking, farm markets. Burlington was funky, lots of hippies. Lake Champlain was real nice.<br><br>
Also, drove up to Montreal.<br><br>
I must say, I loved the parts of Montreal we went to. The old port, which is very touristy, and that's just fine. Also, though, we walked, and walked, and walked up Boulevard Saint-Laurent, and, fortuitoius as it was, above Chinatown, the street was closed to traffic for like 10 blocks. All the shops and restaurants were out on the street, selling their wares, tables, chairs on the sidewalks. It was REALLY nice. Some type of festival all week. We lucked out.<br><br>
It was a shame, though, that there were several thunderstorms. Well, we got wet. I kept on telling the whining kids, "Shut up, how often do you get to be in Montreal?"<br><br>
What I did NOT like. Driving in that city is HORRIBLE. Forget the fact that I can't understand the language, but there's no signage at all. I was one block away from the entrance to their version of an interstate, and there was no sign letting me know that. I just happened to see it out of the corner of my eye. Had to loop around to get back to it. Took us 20 minutes just to get out of the town.<br><br>
And, the roads seemed to be haphazard. All over the place (this was out of the city),<br><br>
As it was, on the way home, we missed the turn for the small border crossing we wanted to go to, because it was not marked (another thing I noticed about the roads there, not marked well), and we went for the big crossing. It was late enough at night so we didn't have to wait, but, we had to drive an extra 30 miles back to home because of it.<br><br>
Don't know if this is a Quebec thing or a Canadian thing.<br><br>
In the US, you would blame it on the state you were in, because they have control of that stuff. Not sure about Canaja. Although, I do recall being in the Niagara area and having NO problems getting around. But, that could just be because it was a touristy area, and the portions of Quebec we drove through, except for Montreal were VERY rural. But, then again, Vermont was very rural too, and it was marked well. Are the roads in Ontario indeed better than Quebec?<br><br>
Whatever, our time in Montreal was pretty damn cool.<br><br>
We all enjoyed it.
Went to Lake Carmi in Vermont, about 3 miles from the Canadian border. Weather wasn't all that great.<br><br>
Hit up Stowe, Burlington, Jay Peak. Did some hiking, farm markets. Burlington was funky, lots of hippies. Lake Champlain was real nice.<br><br>
Also, drove up to Montreal.<br><br>
I must say, I loved the parts of Montreal we went to. The old port, which is very touristy, and that's just fine. Also, though, we walked, and walked, and walked up Boulevard Saint-Laurent, and, fortuitoius as it was, above Chinatown, the street was closed to traffic for like 10 blocks. All the shops and restaurants were out on the street, selling their wares, tables, chairs on the sidewalks. It was REALLY nice. Some type of festival all week. We lucked out.<br><br>
It was a shame, though, that there were several thunderstorms. Well, we got wet. I kept on telling the whining kids, "Shut up, how often do you get to be in Montreal?"<br><br>
What I did NOT like. Driving in that city is HORRIBLE. Forget the fact that I can't understand the language, but there's no signage at all. I was one block away from the entrance to their version of an interstate, and there was no sign letting me know that. I just happened to see it out of the corner of my eye. Had to loop around to get back to it. Took us 20 minutes just to get out of the town.<br><br>
And, the roads seemed to be haphazard. All over the place (this was out of the city),<br><br>
As it was, on the way home, we missed the turn for the small border crossing we wanted to go to, because it was not marked (another thing I noticed about the roads there, not marked well), and we went for the big crossing. It was late enough at night so we didn't have to wait, but, we had to drive an extra 30 miles back to home because of it.<br><br>
Don't know if this is a Quebec thing or a Canadian thing.<br><br>
In the US, you would blame it on the state you were in, because they have control of that stuff. Not sure about Canaja. Although, I do recall being in the Niagara area and having NO problems getting around. But, that could just be because it was a touristy area, and the portions of Quebec we drove through, except for Montreal were VERY rural. But, then again, Vermont was very rural too, and it was marked well. Are the roads in Ontario indeed better than Quebec?<br><br>
Whatever, our time in Montreal was pretty damn cool.<br><br>
We all enjoyed it.
